Updates to 2015 Survey Analysis
Transportation Rating Differences
This sheet shows differences in ratings for transportation between certain Johnson County areas. The first set of results shows the total number of responses for each category, excluding the unknown results. The second set shows each category of responses as a percentage of its respective total, in order to balance the figures and more accurately display the findings. The last set shows the difference from the average ratings for each category in terms of percent. The negative numbers indicate that that specific rating and area combination percentage is less than the average of all three combined. Positive numbers are the opposite, showing that the difference is greater than the average.
Notable Items:
Modes of Transportation between Places
These two sheets show differences in how our respondents traveled, grouped by where they live. On the first sheet, the beginning set of numbers shows the total counts of responses on our survey grouped in accordance to where our respondents live and modes of transportation they use. The following set shows the total number of responses as a percentage of the whole, again to to balance the figures and more accurately display the findings. On the second sheet, the percentages are shown again, along with the next set of numbers, which is the variance from the average for all groups. Again, negative numbers indicate a lower score than the average, and positive numbers indicate a higher score than the average.
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Locations of Our Respondents and Their Problems With Transportation
The first set on this sheet shows the total count of all respondents, grouped by where they live and their problems with transportation around Johnson County. The next set shows each category as a percentage of the whole, for easier understanding and balance. The last set shows the variance of each group from the average of all categories combined. Again, negative numbers indicate a lower score than the average, and positive numbers indicate a higher score than the average.
*Unfortunately, the differences in total responses from each area make the results a bit more difficult to interpret. North Liberty and the North side of Iowa City especially are the most under-represented categories, and the results may be different if a larger sample size was gathered.
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Commute Times & Location
This sheet shows the differences in how long it took our respondents to get to work based on where they live. The sets are again similar to the format of the others: total number of respondents, percentages of total, and variances of each category. Also like before, negative numbers indicate a lower score than the average, and positive numbers indicate a higher score than the average.
*Some locations are grouped together to help balance out the number of responses. The groupings are made in some order of geographical location, but still alter the results somewhat. A larger number of responses would be the primary goal to avoid this.
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Issues with Transportation to Job Location
This sheet shows the levels at which our respondents had difficulties with in terms of transportation to work or a job interview. The set up is the same as the other sheets, with the only change being similar to the previous sheet in that the West and North sides of Iowa City were combined for accuracy purposes.
*Some locations are grouped together to help balance out the number of responses. The groupings are made in some order of geographical location, but still alter the results somewhat. A larger number of responses would be the primary goal to avoid this.
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Starting Shift Times by Home Location
This sheet shows the differences in the time a job shift started for our respondents between their home locations. The sets are again similar to the format of the others: total number of respondents, percentages of total, and variances of each category. Also like before, negative numbers indicate a lower score than the average, and positive numbers indicate a higher score than the average.
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Difficult Times to Use Transportation by Location
This chart shows the times of day, broken down into 7 sections, that our respondents found most difficult to use transportation for job purposes. The majority fall between the ‘Late Night’ and ‘Early Morning’ categories, however there are some interesting findings from this.
*Some locations are grouped together to help balance out the number of responses. The groupings are made in some order of geographical location, but still alter the results somewhat. A larger number of responses would be the primary goal to avoid this.
Notable Items:
Transportation Rating Differences
This sheet shows differences in ratings for transportation between certain Johnson County areas. The first set of results shows the total number of responses for each category, excluding the unknown results. The second set shows each category of responses as a percentage of its respective total, in order to balance the figures and more accurately display the findings. The last set shows the difference from the average ratings for each category in terms of percent. The negative numbers indicate that that specific rating and area combination percentage is less than the average of all three combined. Positive numbers are the opposite, showing that the difference is greater than the average.
Notable Items:
- Respondents believe that the transportation between Iowa City and Coralville is much higher quality that the other two selections, with the “Very Good” and “Good” responses being about 41% of their total.
- The Coralville & North Liberty and the Iowa City & North Liberty options fared much worse than the other, with the “Very Poor” and “Poor” options being about 72% of their respective totals.
- The total variance between the “Very Poor” and “Poor” options of each area is about 54.14%, which is a significant figure. This shows that there is a legitimate difference between Iowa City & Coralville transit routes and the other two selections
Modes of Transportation between Places
These two sheets show differences in how our respondents traveled, grouped by where they live. On the first sheet, the beginning set of numbers shows the total counts of responses on our survey grouped in accordance to where our respondents live and modes of transportation they use. The following set shows the total number of responses as a percentage of the whole, again to to balance the figures and more accurately display the findings. On the second sheet, the percentages are shown again, along with the next set of numbers, which is the variance from the average for all groups. Again, negative numbers indicate a lower score than the average, and positive numbers indicate a higher score than the average.
Notable Items:
- Walking was the most common option for our Downtown Iowa City respondents, with it being about 40% of their responses. This was almost 20% higher than the average of all areas, which is an extremely high difference. Also, only about 5% said that they use cars, which is about 17% less than the average.
- Our respondents from the North Side of Iowa City were the most dependent on buses, coming in at around 53% of their total. That is almost 16% higher than the average of all areas.
- Our respondents from North Liberty were both the least dependent on buses, with their usage being about 13%, and the most dependent on cars, with their usage being 53%. These variance figures combined were about a 60% difference than the average, which is absolutely significant in terms of measuring their differences.
Locations of Our Respondents and Their Problems With Transportation
The first set on this sheet shows the total count of all respondents, grouped by where they live and their problems with transportation around Johnson County. The next set shows each category as a percentage of the whole, for easier understanding and balance. The last set shows the variance of each group from the average of all categories combined. Again, negative numbers indicate a lower score than the average, and positive numbers indicate a higher score than the average.
*Unfortunately, the differences in total responses from each area make the results a bit more difficult to interpret. North Liberty and the North side of Iowa City especially are the most under-represented categories, and the results may be different if a larger sample size was gathered.
Notable Items:
- The times at which buses run were most problematic for our respondents from Downtown Iowa City and the West side of Iowa City, with bus scheduling being about 30% of their respective total makeup, while the collective average was 23%.
- Where buses stop is the most troublesome aspect for our respondents from the North side of Iowa City, being almost 28% of their total amount. Comparatively, their percentage is more than 9% greater than the collective average.
- Absences of driver’s licenses and not being able to afford a car were the largest makeup of our respondents from the South side of Iowa City, combining to be about 43% of their total makeup, whereas the collective average is only about 30%.
Commute Times & Location
This sheet shows the differences in how long it took our respondents to get to work based on where they live. The sets are again similar to the format of the others: total number of respondents, percentages of total, and variances of each category. Also like before, negative numbers indicate a lower score than the average, and positive numbers indicate a higher score than the average.
*Some locations are grouped together to help balance out the number of responses. The groupings are made in some order of geographical location, but still alter the results somewhat. A larger number of responses would be the primary goal to avoid this.
Notable Items:
- It appears that our respondents from Downtown Iowa City have the longest commutes to work, with about 42% taking an hour or longer to get to work, which is 18% greater than average.
- Our respondents from the North and West side of Iowa City get to work the quickest, with almost 87% reaching their workplace within an hour, which is about 10% more than average.
- The results from the East side of Iowa City are quite interesting. Approximately 54% of our respondents made it to work in under 30 minutes, almost 10% higher than average. However, only 23% of them got to work between 30-60 minutes, which is nearly 10% lower than average.
Issues with Transportation to Job Location
This sheet shows the levels at which our respondents had difficulties with in terms of transportation to work or a job interview. The set up is the same as the other sheets, with the only change being similar to the previous sheet in that the West and North sides of Iowa City were combined for accuracy purposes.
*Some locations are grouped together to help balance out the number of responses. The groupings are made in some order of geographical location, but still alter the results somewhat. A larger number of responses would be the primary goal to avoid this.
Notable Items:
- Our respondents from the South side of Iowa City had the most trouble with this issue, having about 67% between “Sometimes” and “Often”. That is about 17% combined higher than average.
- The respondents from the North and West sides of Iowa City had the highest portion between “Never” and “Rarely”, composed of almost 58% of their responses, which is about 7% higher than the average.
- About 41% of the respondents from the East side of Iowa City answered with “Never”, which is over 10% more than average.
Missing Work/Job Interviews & Location
This sheet shows the percentage of our respondents who either missed work or a job interview based on where they live. The first set of numbers shows the total number of respondents having this issue, and the second shows those numbers as percentages. There is not a set that shows the variance of these because there are only two options to look from.
Notable Items: - Coralville and Other absolutely blows the Iowa City areas out of the water in this, with almost a 21% difference between the two categories.
Losing a Job, Turning Down a Job, or Giving Up a Job due to Transit & Location
This sheet shows the number of respondents who either lost, turned down, or gave up a job based on where they live. The first set of numbers shows the total number of respondents based on a percentage of the answers. For instance, if one area had 5 answers with a yes to any of the three categories and 5 that didn’t have a yes for any, the percentage would be 50% (5 of the total 10 had at least one issue). The second set shows the variance of each, which is going to look more strange than normal because of each area's’ values not adding up to 100%.
Notable Items: - Our respondents from the North and West sides of Iowa City didn’t struggle with these issues nearly as much as the rest of the regions, with only 19% and 22% reporting problems respectively.
- The responses from Coralville and the South side of Iowa City were the complete opposite, reporting figures of 42% and 46% of their total respondents having at least one of these issues.
Starting Shift Times by Home Location
This sheet shows the differences in the time a job shift started for our respondents between their home locations. The sets are again similar to the format of the others: total number of respondents, percentages of total, and variances of each category. Also like before, negative numbers indicate a lower score than the average, and positive numbers indicate a higher score than the average.
Notable Items:
- Our respondents from the Iowa City area have a fairly higher percentage of shift times starting between 5am-9am, almost a full 10% difference.
- Coralville has an almost 8% increase in respondents whose shift started sometime between 12am-5am, which is more than double the Iowa City area figure.
- Both areas have around 30-40% of their responses between 6pm-5am, which is quite startling as that is much more different than the average start time for the Johnson County population in general.
Difficult Times to Use Transportation by Location
This chart shows the times of day, broken down into 7 sections, that our respondents found most difficult to use transportation for job purposes. The majority fall between the ‘Late Night’ and ‘Early Morning’ categories, however there are some interesting findings from this.
*Some locations are grouped together to help balance out the number of responses. The groupings are made in some order of geographical location, but still alter the results somewhat. A larger number of responses would be the primary goal to avoid this.
Notable Items:
- Nearly 80% of our South side Iowa City respondents had the most trouble with the Early Morning category, over 20% more than average.
- 35% of our respondents from the East side of Iowa City reported that the Late Night period was most difficult, also over 20% more than average.
- Evening, Late Night, and Early Morning combined to be over 75% of the total responses.
Difficult Days to Use Public Transportation
This chart shows the days of the week that our respondents found most difficult to use transportation. As predicted, the majority indicated between Saturday and Sunday, because most public transportation options are not available on the weekends.
*Some locations are grouped together to help balance out the number of responses. The groupings are made in some order of geographical location, but still alter the results somewhat. A larger number of responses would be the primary goal to avoid this.
Notable Items: - 93% of our respondents from the North and West sides of Iowa City reported that Saturday and Sunday were the most difficult days to get around, which is over 30% more than average.
- Our respondents from North Liberty had a much more balanced score, which was to be expected as they do not have the extensive transportation options that our respondents from Iowa City and Coralville have.
